Introduction: Nordic Visions of International Migration and Refugee Law

Abstract

This special issue of the Nordic Journal of International Law aims to broadly engage Nordic asylum and immigration regulation as an issue of international law. As an area of international law which both historically and today has held special significance in the Nordic countries, the issue presents a set of articles investigating the different domestic constructions and applications of international law, as well as Nordic responses to legal developments at the European and international levels. The articles moreover examine how Nordic countries and courts have responded to the growing role of international courts and supervisory mechanisms involved in migration and refugee law. At a more general level, the issue further asks whether it is possible to identify a particular Nordic approach to or impact on international migration and refugee law. Historically, Nordic state practice and Nordic scholarship have both played a significant role in framing international legal developments1 as